| Situated on a ridge, both sunrise and sunset views are great.
This sunset reflected in the front doors of the shop.
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| And turning around, here's the sunset itself.
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| Another neat sunset out the shop doors.
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| Dawn cut some windows to the southeast which look on the
the Sangre de Cristos.
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| A fir beam serves as a lintel for six metal doors which slide
on a barn door track.
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| A pair of large metal doors were installed on the
south side of the shop.
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| Dawn, seen through the throat of the bandsaw.
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| A 36" Grob bandsaw dominates the front of the shop.
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| The bandsaw wheel. This saw came with a welder for making new bands.
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| We really missed having a jointer until this Delta 6" showed up
at a garage sale.
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| A Unisaw with a 52" table and Biesmeyer fence is the shop's heart.
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| Everything cut on this table saw seems to come out perfectly.
It's set up here for dadoing.
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| A 12" portable planer simplifies thickness matching.
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| A Bosch 10" sliding miter saw does the jobs of
both miter and radial arm saws.
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| Dawn and Dave built this long bench/table from 3/4" lumbercore.
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| The sliding miter saw almost fills one wall,
but when it's time for miters and crosscuts, it's awesome.
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| A large drill press is set up for general work. Somehow we ended
up with a great collection of Forstner and bradpoint bits.
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| Another drill press is used for dedicated setups.
Here it's set up for mortising.
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| Grinder/sander. The grinder is usually set up with a coarse wheel
and the sander with a fine belt.
The cabinet holds disks/belts and a small handheld belt sander.
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| A smaller belt sander without a fence is used for medium sanding.
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| The carving corner: a stable beam with carver's vise, knives and
chisels, a scrollsaw, good light and a great view.
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| The routing corner: a small router in a shop-built table with a
micro-adjustable fence and a 3 HP plunge router.
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| A bit of wall is used to store clamps, straightedges,
rollers, brooms, etc.
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| A safe and efficient external combustion gas heater.
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| Finishing room has an over-sized (48") door.
Regulated air is provided for an air brush.
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| Finishing room air filter, explosion-proof fan and light.
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| A big air compressor is in a separate shed behind the shop.
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| Air is mainly used for clearing dust,
but the die grinder and jitterbug sander are great tools.
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| Dust collector is also in the outside shed.
The first-stage bucket is a real timesaver, especially when planing.
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| A sharpening station with medium grit dry wheel, fine wet wheel.
How did we ever live without this?
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| Dawn got a great deal on abrasive sleeves when the
Kennedy Bros. closed their shop.
These are some small ones.
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| And here are the large (3x9 and 4x9) ones.
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